Alvin L. McLendon, Jr. Collection (SMC 11)

Biographical/Organizational Note

Alvin L. McLendon was one of the original members of the faculty
of Columbus Community College when it opened in 1959. It was the
predecessor to Columbus College, which in turn became Columbus
State University.

Scope and Content

This collection includes political materials relating to
Democratic Party activities in Georgia in the 1910s. Dr. McLendon
found them among his father's papers.

Included are:

Speech of Hoke Smith delivered in his debate with Clark Howell at
Columbus, Georgia on January 10, 1906

Speech of Clark Howell, candidate for the Democratic nomination for
Governor, delivered in his debate with Hoke Smith at Columbus,
Georgia on January 10, 1906

Official Ballot, State Democratic Primary, Wednesday, August 22,
1906

Rules for holding the Georgia Democratic Primary on August 22,
1906, by the State Democratic Executive Committee at this meeting
in Atlanta, Georgia on April 30, 1906

Address of the Honorable A. O. Bacon of Georgia upon the life and
character of the Honorable James M. Griggs, in the U.S. Senate, May
28, 1910

5 items 1906, 1910

Permission to Publish

Permission to publish material from the Alvin L. McLendon
Collection must be obtained from the Columbus State University
Archives at Columbus State University. Use of the following credit
line for publication or exhibit is required:

This collection was donated to the Archives by Dr. Alvin
L. McLendon, Jr. in 1977.

Note to Researchers

A sheet in the administrative file indicates that Dr.
McLendon also donated a photo of O. B. Stevens (b. August 1, 1847),
who served as both the Commissioner of Agriculture and on the
Railroad Commission of Georgia. This may be the photo currently in
folder 122, photo number 646 in the Historic Photographs
collection.